The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-10-22
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The only things we desire to know
are those which will benefit us.
TO clean knives: Cut a small
potato, dip it in brick dust and rub
them.
To neglect beginnings is the funda-
mental error into which most parents
fall.-Locke.
To all sensible persons the over
tight check rein on horse proclaims
as loudly as words, my owners a
snob. IN O. Picaytne.
1t is difficult to ignore the argu-
ment that boys must be entered early
to their lifes work if they are ever to
acquire the necessary habits of industry
as well as skill.-London agricultural
Gazette.
American farmers are perhaps not
rs remiss rs those of other countries in
the matter of barn ventilation, but in a
great majority of cases there is room
for marked improvement Home and
Farm.
Farmers must begin to understand
that their business, like all other kinds
of business, is constantly attended by
cost, and like business men they must
adopt policies that reduce cost, for
therein the profit lies. Boston Globe.
Rice Waflles: One pint of boiled
rice mixed with half teacup of butter,
a pint of -four teaspoon of baking
powder, half teaspoon of salt. six eggs,
aud 70, l-no tI,i,,
very light. - Good Cheer.
In feeding pumpkins first remove
the seed. To store them place them
under the hay, or cover in any manner
that will keep off the frost. If they be-
come frosted they will not be injured
unless thawed out too suddenly Troy
Times.
-Crumb Cakes: Put pint of stale
bread crumbs in a quart of sour milk,
rub through sieve, and add four we'll
beaten eggs, two teaspoons of soda, one
tablespoon of melted butter and suf-
ficient cornmeal to make stiff batter.
Bake on hot griddle. -IsdianapoiiS
Sentinel.
Cream Toast: Toast slices of thin
bread, lay in covered dish and pour
boiling water over them; pour the water
off and let drain. Put one pint of rich,
sweet cream on the stove in quart cup,
and three tablespoons of butter, two
beaten eggs and II tablespoon of corn
starch; let boil and pour over the toast.
Indianapolis Journal
Beet Salad Wash and boil six red
beets; when done put into cold water
and remove their skins Cut them in
small dice, add some sliced potatoes.
one mixed onion. Make dressing of
one teacup of vinegar, two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, add salt and pep
per to taste. Pour over the salad and
garnsh with two hard boiled eggs.
Very nice.-Edrna, Field and Stocbma7s.
1t is ridiculous to talk about the
exhausted land in the Eastern States. -
A pre- inent agriculturist in Western
New i DIRK recently said: 1--WE have not
yet begun to exhaust the resources of
the soil in the East. We need smaller
farms and better cultivation, and we
shall find our soil yielding as we'll as
ever" The renovation of these So
called impoverished lands is simply a
question of scientifically applied tertil-
'izerS and thorough culture. - Christian
at Work.
Orange Cream: Cover half box
of gelatine with pint of cold water
and let stand for one hour; whip pint
of thick cream; boil one pint of new
milk, pour the gelatne into it; beat
the yelks of five eggs with one cup of
sugar and add to the gelatinc. Set all
over the fire five minutes; let cool and
strain in the juice of five oranges. Set
in pan of cracked ice and stir until
thick; add the whipped cream and stir
until mixed. Wet jelly mold and
pour in; pack in ice two hours. Serve
with rich whipped cream.-LOuisUHJe
COurier-JOurHGi.